I never play without my cape.

Quote by Bela Lugosi

Topics: Bela Lugosi Quotes

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems...

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems...

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I...

Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I...

The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure...

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure...

I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.

I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in...

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in...

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become...

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at...

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at...

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

I've been using narcotics for 20 years.

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had...

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had...

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart...

My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart...

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or...

Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or...

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played...

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played...

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by...

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by...